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5 - Rare Gustave Vichy (French, 1839-1904) Automaton, No.508, 'Le Cuisinier' (The Cook), depicted neatly dressed and seated on the handle of a saucepan, with an enamelled ladle in right hand, the left hand connected to the hinged pot lid which lifts and closes, in turn revealing a frog and a rabbit appearing from an aperture window below, with corresponding head and ladle movements, eyes not currently moving, two musical tunes, signed to the wooden base and movement, height 58cm, box 27cm x 37cm
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Rare Gustave Vichy (French, 1839-1904) Automaton, No.508, 'Le Cuisinier' (The Cook), depicted neatly dressed and seated on the handle of a saucepan, with an enamelled ladle in right hand, the left hand connected to the hinged pot lid which lifts and closes, in turn revealing a frog and a rabbit appearing from an aperture window below, with corresponding head and ladle movements, eyes not currently moving, two musical tunes, signed to the wooden base and movement, height 58cm, box 27cm x 37cm Catalogue Note: Featured in 'Automata; The Golden Age 1848-1914' by Christian Bailly, published 1987, page 241, no.508. This appears to be the first example of this automaton to have ever been offered at auction.
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